out of context

[nobrashfestivity]

John Seares Riley, from The Young Readers Press First Dictionary by John Trevaskis & Robin Hyman,  

Young Readers Press, NY, 1967 (1973)

[jilf]

Living (1980-1982), Jenny Holzer

[nobrashfestivity]

Werner Herzog in Burden of Dreams

Directed by Les Blank • 1982 • United States

[letempsperdu]

[letempsperdu]

[letempsperdu]

[letempsperdu]

[nemfrog]

Cats with entwining tails. The great small cat, and others. 1914. Chapter header.

Internet Archive

[letempsperdu]

[centuriespast]

Clonfert mermaid, chancel arch, Clonfert Abbey, County Galway, Ireland, 15th century.

photo by one Andreas F. Borchert

[thevaultoftheatomicspaceage]

[thevaultoftheatomicspaceage]

[antronaut]

Heidi Bucher during the skinning process of Gentlemen’s Study (1978)  photo : Hans Peter Siffert

A Shell like a Wrap S h e  like  H e Unwrapping like skinning De-veloping like un-veiling One shell after the other Shells are skins Shedding one skin after the other De-veloping and en-veloping and unwrapping and skinning The repressed     neglected     wasted     withered     forgotten dilapidated     missed     disguised     hated     contorted     buried immersed     displaced     bewitched    deformed […] — Heidi Bucher, 1983

[ducissatenebrarum]

Mongolian manuscript from the 19th century, full of charts and diagrams that astrologers (generally Buddhist monks) would use to calculate the best time to do certain things, such as depart on a trip or remove a dead body from a dwelling

[thevaultoftheatomicspaceage]

[letempsperdu]

[topcat77]

for French Doll

Joan Wong